In this narrative by Mark Twain, readers would get the author’s perspective and imagery of the Mississippi River throughout time. The author is able to describe with great detail the river in both the past and present due to his work in a steamboat.
Twain described how before he conducted a steamboat, he thought of the river as something that is majestic and captivating. However, once he had the chance to see it almost every day, he got used to everything about it and he started to see the dangers that it can bring.
The use of contrast, in my opinion, greatly helped this piece stand out. It helped differentiate the reality with the author’s first impressions.
In more ways than one, the lesson that we got from this narrative can be reflected to the real world because first impressions are not always true. People have the tendency to assume at first glance, only to realize how wrong they were throughout time.
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